Announcements

DataTables 1.7 beta 4 released

allan — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 20:51:44 +0100

Hello all,

After a lot of beta testing (thank you to everyone who has taken part are reported issues back to me!) and a lot of work on this new release, the next beta version of DataTables 1.7 is now available. I have high hopes that we are now not far aware from a stable 1.7.0 release, so please do continue to test and let me know of any problems!

New in this release:

- Significantly improved alignment of columns when scrolling the tables
- sScrollXInner is a new initialisation property which allows you to specify the width of the table inside the scroller (this in instead of setting the width of the table to be too width)
- Data is automatically trimmed when read in, which makes data type detection that little bit easier
- HTML type columns are now automatically detected
- A number of bug fixes, optimisations and stabilisations

Thanks again to everyone who has helped to contributed to make this release possible. I'm really proud of where DataTables is going, and the superbly helpful community that we have here. I've still got lots of ideas for the future of DataTables, so plenty more to come after 1.7's release, if not necessarily in the core... :-)

As always:
Full release notes: http://datatables.net/download .
Download 1.7 beta 4 directly: http://datatables.net/releases/dataTables-1.7.beta.4.zip

And of course, if you are finding DataTables useful for your job, or whatever you are using it for, please consider donating so I can keep supporting and developing DataTables: http://datatables.net/donate :-)

Regards,
Allan

KeyTable v1.1.6 released

allan — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 16:52:31 +0100

Hello all,

In preparation for the 1.7.0 release of DataTables I've brought the KeyTable up-to-date to support the scrolling feature available in DataTables 1.7. Indeed this is the only change in this new release of KeyTable. As the focused cell moves, the scrolling of the table will be adjusted as needed to keep that cell fully visible. Note that this change in backwards compatible with previous versions of DataTables - this new release does not require 1.7.x.

Example: http://datatables.net/beta/1.7/extras/KeyTable/datatable_scrolling.html
Download: http://datatables.net/releases/KeyTable.1.1.6.zip

Regards,
Allan

FixedHeader v2.0.3 released

allan — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 16:49:08 +0100

Hello all,

This release of FixedHeader serves as a dual announcement - firstly, FixedHeader will not be supported with scrolling in DataTables 1.7. Secondly, the actual code change in this release is simply that FixedHeader will give a warning if you attempt to use it with scrolling to alert you of this fact.

It is important to not that FixedHeader is supported by 1.7 and will continue to be a "first class" plug-in for DataTables, it just will not support scrolling.

The reason for this decision not to support FixedHeader with scrolling in DataTables 1.7 is two fold:

- To some extent the scrolling feature and FixedHeader solve the same problem. The basic issue is how to show a large set of data to the end user in a manner they will find it easy to understand. FixedHeader does this by moving the header as you scroll, scrolling does this by moving the content as you scroll. The exception to this is if the user selects to view '100' (or whatever) records at a single time.

- It would require a major effort to re-engineer the FixedHeader code base to support this interaction, significantly increasing the complexity of the code, due to how the DOM is manipulated by DataTables. That is not to say that it is impossible, indeed far from it - but that this time it is not considered to be a high enough priority when there are many other DataTables engineering tasks to be carried out. If this is something you want to be looked at in future, please indicate so in this thread :-)

Download: http://datatables.net/releases/FixedHeader.2.0.3.zip

Regards,
Allan

New API plug-ins and server-side processing scripts

allan — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 20:40:39 +0100

Hello all,

I've done a little work recently implementing plug-in API functions which have been asked about in the forums recently, and will hopefully prove to be useful for some of you when using DataTables:

fnGetNextTr - get the next or previous TR element based on a given one, taking account of filtering, sorting and paging - http://datatables.net/plug-ins/api#fnGetAdjacentTr

fnSortNeutral - restore the sorting order as it was read in from the data source - http://datatables.net/plug-ins/api#fnSortNeutral

fnFilterClear - clear all filters (global and column specific) - http://datatables.net/plug-ins/api#fnFilterClear

fnGetTd - get a TD element, abstracting out the difficulties of dealing with paging and hidden columns - http://datatables.net/plug-ins/api#fnGetTd

This brings the total of API plug-ins to 23, providing a wealth of easy to use, enhanced interactions with DataTables. 12 of them have been contributed - thank you :-)

Furthermore, there are two new server-side processing scripts:

ASP.NET from LionHeart - http://datatables.net/development/server-side/asp_net

ASP Classic from diondu - http://datatables.net/development/server-side/asp_classic

Thank you to everyone for your contributions to the DataTables community - it's a pleasure to have such a great community building up around DataTables!

Regards,
Allan

Plans for DataTables v1.7 and beyond

allan — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 18:24:33 +0000

Hello all,

While bug fix version are good (v1.6.2), and you want to be using stable software (who doesn't!) it is at the same time a little boring ;-). So I'd like to talk a little bit about my thoughts for v1.7 and get feedback from all of you who are using DataTables. v.1.6 hasn't been out for long - but it's quite stable now and I'm happy with the optimisations that have been made, particularly in 1.6.1.

So v1.7:

1. Reuse of the selector - at the moment you need to keep a copy of the DataTables object created by the initialisation (I tend to use 'var oTable') to make use of API function. I'd like to introduce a method by which you could do something like this:

$('#example').dataTable( { ... } );
$('#example').dataTable().fnAddData( ... );

This would same messing around with global variables etc. One thing to note is that it will not be possible to reconfigure a table by passing in different options the second time the initialisation is called! As such, you will need to either pass nothing, or an object with a flag set to indicate that you know this will happen. Otherwise a warning will pop up like it does in 1.6.

2. aoColumns change - one real pain at the moment in DataTables is it's need for aoColumns to exactly match the number of columns in the table - giving 'null' when you don't want any special settings. I'm not 100% sure how I'm going to specify this yet, so that will be presented in future.

3. Destructor API function - fairly simple. Call this and it will return the page to how it was before you initialised DataTables.

A couple of other nice things. :-)

Beyond DataTables 1.7 there is still a wealth of opportunity for where it can progress. A much stronger plug-in structure would be the main point for progressing to v2 while keeping the main feature set more or less the same (don't want the core library to become to large - it's about right where it is). At the same time there are a load of plug-ins and developer tools (like KeyTable, TableTools and FixedHeader which we already have) that could be developed for DataTables.

Obviously the key ingredient here is time, v1.7 won't happen over night, and anything beyond that is a case of wait and see. Also the support balance needs to be addressed, as noted in the "Support levels" thread. Obviously if you want to sponsor any specific feature - work want someone working on DataTables and it's plug-ins full time ( ;-) ) ping me!

Here is to the journey!

Regards,
Allan

Updates to web-site

allan — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 21:22:10 +0100

Hello all,

It's been in the works for a while now, but I've finally completed a number of updates to the DataTables web-site and the documentation available on it.

In summary:

- There is now a site wide search (at the top of each page)!
- Support requests now have their own request form / page
- The home page has a "news" section
- Each plug-in page now has a "how to" section to ease introduction to plug-ins
- Various other tidy ups

In a bit more detail:

Site wide search - this makes searching the site much easier thanks to Google custom search. The engine also indexes the forum, so relevant questions and answers will be displayed alongside the main documentation.

Support requests - while still not a formal process (I prefer an open and accessible one!) this does make requesting support for a specific problem with DataTables much easier. Simply enter your question in a forum thread, and then fill in the support form with the thread ID and a donation amount you feel is suitable for your question. The thread will show up in my session (not publicly) as paid for support - thus allow me to give it priority.

DataTables news - On the DataTables index page there is now a 'news' listing where I will post links to the various blogs around the web which are highlighting DataTables and doing interesting things with it. Please let me know if you have written about DataTables so I can include it in the news:
- News page: http://datatables.net/news
- News feed: feed://datatables.net/rss_news.xml

Plug-in "how to" - In order to make the various plug-ins a little more accessible for first time users of DataTables, each plug-ins page now includes a "now to" section describing how the plug-in type can be integrated with your web-site. For example here is the API "how to": http://datatables.net/plug-ins/api#how_to

I hope you all find these changes useful!

Regards,
Allan

DataTables 1.6.2 released

allan — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 18:04:58 +0000

Hello all,

I'm pleased to be able to release v1.6.2 of DataTables which is basically a stabilisation release. There are a number of bug fixes in this release, and no new features - so it is very much a recommended upgrade for anyone using DataTables.

Full release notes:
http://datatables.net/download

You can download DataTables 1.6.2 here:
http://datatables.net/releases/dataTables-1.6.2.zip

Finally for now, you or your business benefits from DataTables, please consider making donation towards the continued support and development of DataTables:
http://datatables.net/donate

Regards,
Allan

FixedHeader v2.0.2 released

allan — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 10:41:49 +0000

Hello all,

I've just released a small upgrade to FixedHeader which addresses a couple of small bugs. Of note in this release is support for using FixedHeader within another scrolling element (other than the page), so you can now wrap your table in a div with 'overflow:scroll' and the header will stay fixed.

Download:
http://datatables.net/releases/FixedHeader.2.0.2.zip

Enjoy,
Allan

Updates to KeyTable, TableTools and FixedHeader

allan — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 18:08:56 +0000

Hello all,

I've just released minor updates to all three of the "big" plug-ins for DataTables, all of which can be downloaded from the plug-ins page: http://datatables.net/plug-ins

TableTools 1.1.3:
- New: The ability to specify if you want the BOM included in saved files
- New: IMG tags are now replaced with their ALT tags, rather than just being completely stripped (thanks to Loic Bistuer)
- Fixed: A few bugs

FixedHeader 2.0.1:
- Bug for left and right columns

KeyTable 1.1.3:
- Bug when using in forms and tabbing

Enjoy!

Regards,
Allan

DataTables 1.6.1 released

allan — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 12:41:08 +0000

Hello all,

I'm really pleased to be able to release DataTables 1.6.1. There are a few little bug fixes in here, but the key focus has been on performance. With large tables earlier versions have been noticeably slow in drawing and initialisation and I've attempted various optimisation methods to address this in the new release.

The real benefits will be felt when you have large data sets which are read from the DOM - but many aspects have seen a benefit from the optimisation work since it touches a number of the core functions, such as the draw function. To read about what optimisations I have made and their impact, please refer to the release notes: http://datatables.net/download

Please be aware that I've change the algorithms used in a few key functions, so there is that possibility that this update might break something which currently works! It shouldn't as it passes clean through my unit tests without issue, but it's worth noting. If you do spot anything odd, please open a new thread.

Full release notes:
http://datatables.net/download

You can download DataTables 1.6.1 here:
http://datatables.net/releases/dataTables-1.6.1.zip

Finally for now, if this release is of benefit to you or you just generally love DataTables ( :-) ), please consider making donation towards the continued support and development of DataTables:
http://datatables.net/donate

Regards,
Allan

DataTables 1.6.0 released

allan — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 09:27:50 +0000

Hello all,

I'm very pleased to announce that DataTables 1.6.0 is now released and ready to go!

After just one beta, I've decided to go ahead and make this release, as it continues a wide range of improvements over the 1.5.x series, and includes an update to each of the three major plug-ins (FixedHeader, KeyTables and TableTools). The documentation on the site has all been updated, and while the migration from 1.5.x should be almost pain free, there are a few things to be aware of, which are detailed on the ( http://www.datatables.net/upgrade/1.6 ) 1.5 to 1.6 migration page.

The key features of the 1.6 release are:
- Multiple table control elements can now be used (sDom)
- Improved API for table manipulation

Others are detailed in the full release notes:
http://datatables.net/download

You can download DataTables 1.6.0 here:
http://datatables.net/releases/dataTables-1.6.0.zip

Short term future development of DataTables:
While this release doesn't have massive changes in it from 1.5.x, it certain includes some very welcome ones. Aside from the bug fixes which will no doubt be required in this 1.6.x series, the main focus here will be to squeeze a bit more speed out of it. I've got several ideas for how this can be achieved, so look out for that in future.

Long term future development of DataTables:
With an eye towards what would be DataTables 2, the idea would be to provide a much stronger architecture for DataTables itself and plug-in modules, while still providing it's current range of features. Memory management would also be improved, as well as initialisation speed. When this will happen - who knows. As the community surrounding DataTables grows, so does the support work involved, leaving less time for development.

On that note, please consider making donation towards the continued support and development of DataTables:
http://datatables.net/donate

Enjoy!
Allan

TableTools v1.1.2 released

allan — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 08:33:22 +0000

Hello all,

A quick update for TableTools - now standing at version 1.1.2. There was a bug which caused the exported data to be rendered incorrectly by IE. This update addresses exactly that.

Download:
http://datatables.net/releases/TableTools.1.1.2.zip

Regards,
Allan

TableTools v1.1.1 released

allan — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 08:04:52 +0000

Hello all,

I've just released a small update to TableTools. Two bug fixes and two (minor) new features. Firstly the fixes mean that large exports of data are now properly supported. I've saved tables >600KiB and heard of it being used for >700KiB. It would appear that the limiting factor is actually now the Flash String -> UTF8/16LE (particularly the latter) conversion.

New features:
- Ability to customise the 'fading' message for the print view using TableToolsInit.sPrintInfo
- Ability to export a table's footer (default true) using TableToolsInit.bIncFooter

Download:
http://datatables.net/releases/TableTools.1.1.1.zip

Regards,
Allan

TableTools v1.1.0 released

allan — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 09:17:29 +0000

Hello all,

This will be a welcome update to TableTools for anyone who is using it with non-ASCII characters! TableTools will now work great with the UTF-8 character set when outputting to CSV and Excel. Large tables are also now supported. So new feature run down:

- Excel files are saved as UTF-16LE (automatically converted by TableTools from UTF-8 on your web-page
- CSV files are saved as UTF-8 (with BOM)
- Exporting of large data sets is now supported by working around the limitation in the Flash / Javascript bridge

It is worth nothing that the UTF-8 is generally limited to the "Basic Multilingual Plane" (BMP) - which basically means anything below U+10000 is supported. This is due to a limitation in most Javascript engines. If your browser supports full UTF-16, then this should work without issue for you.

Finally, if you notice any bugs in the Actionscript, please do so soon! My trial version of Flash will run out within the month... :-)

Download:
http://datatables.net/releases/TableTools.1.1.0.zip

Regards,
Allan

FixedHeader v2.0.0 released

allan — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 09:10:50 +0000

Hello all,

Rather pleased with this release of FixedHeader - and hope you all will be as well :-)

This is basically a complete re-write of FixedHeader which gives not only new features, but also a significant performance boast. You can now 'fix' the header, the footer, the left most column and the right most column (each independently)! Also of note is that FixedHeader will now work as a standalone piece of software, as well as integrating with DataTables. A number of other improvements have gone in as well, see the release notes for details.

Demos:
Basic: http://datatables.net/release-datatables/extras/FixedHeader/index.html
No DataTables: http://datatables.net/release-datatables/extras/FixedHeader/html_table.html
All fixed: http://datatables.net/release-datatables/extras/FixedHeader/top_bottom_left_right.html

Download:
http://datatables.net/releases/FixedHeader.2.0.0.zip

Note that this update to FixedHeader requires DataTables 1.6.0 or later.

Regards,
Allan

bug in 1.6 release

akantro11 — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 15:16:40 +0000

i updated a webpage with jquery 1.4 and datatables 1.6 (from 1.32 and 1.56) with no other code changes and some of the striping on my html table is off. I have started seeing a few rows that are the same color (not alternating). i revert back to 1.3.2 and 1.5.6 and everything works fine so it does seem related to this latest release. is this a known issue?

DataTables 1.6 beta 1 released

allan — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 12:20:44 +0000

Hello all,

I am very pleased to release a beta of DataTables 1.6. It has been almost a year with DataTables 1.5 (which followed on very quickly from 1.4) and the community has been growing steadily. The number of visits to datatables.net continues to go up, as does the forum post count. Hopefully 1.6 will be as well received as the earlier versions.

So what are the major features you expect in 1.6? Nothing revolutionary, but certainly evolutionary:

- Support for multiple instances of sDom elements. What this means is that you can have two (or more!) filter boxes, pagination elements or any other table control! ( http://datatables.net/1.6-beta/examples/advanced_init/dom_multiple_elements.html )
- Stable sorting. Particularly important in Google Chrome, the table will retain it's original sorting order if items match value.
- A bit more speed :-)
- 1.6.beta examples - http://www.datatables.net/1.6-beta/examples

Note that there have been a few API changes so you will have to make changes to use DataTables 1.6 if you use:

- Server-side processing: iSortDir_{x} has been renamed to sSortDir_{x} to reflect that it's a string
- A custom pagination plug-in: The fnInit function now takes three arguments. Please see the release notes.

Also note that the current releases of TableTools and FixedHeader are not currently compatible with 1.6.beta. New versions will be available soon.

As always, feedback is most welcome - please post any bugs and comments in the forum. Also, please remember to make a donation if you are using and enjoying DataTables :-)

Regards,
Allan

KeyTable v1.1.0

allan — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 19:06:13 +0000

Hello all,

Really pleased to be able to make quite an exciting release of KeyTable. I think this release greatly enhances the usability, from the perspective of you the developer, of KeyTable. The events model in 1.0.x was limited to targeting individual cells, but new in 1.1.0 you can target rows, columns or the entire table with a single callback function simply by passing 'null' for the x or y coordinate (i.e. x=1 and y=null would target the second column).

Hand-in-hand with this jump forward in development usability is the new inclusion of three API functions which will give you the position of the currently focused cell (fnGetCurrentPosition), the data from the currently focused cell (fnGetCurrentData) and the TD node that is currently focused (fnGetCurrentTD).

Download it here:
http://sprymedia.co.uk/software/KeyTable/KeyTable.zip

Read the documentation here:
http://www.sprymedia.co.uk/article/KeyTable

See a demo here:
http://www.sprymedia.co.uk/software/KeyTable/index.html

As always, if you find this software useful, please consider making a donation: :-)
http://datatables.net/donate

Enjoy!
Allan

DataTables 1.5.6 released

allan — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 12:25:34 +0000

Hello all,

Bit of an emergency release this one with only one fix/change in it. v.1.5.5 introduced an issue for processing sDom in IE (all versions), and this release is designed to address that problem.

Others are detailed in the full release notes:
http://datatables.net/download

You can download DataTables 1.5.6 here:
http://datatables.net/releases/dataTables-1.5.6.zip

Enjoy!

Regards,
Allan

DataTables 1.5.5 released

allan — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:19:54 +0000

Hello all,

It's been a little while now since 1.5.4 was released, and one or two issues have come to light that I think are appropriate to address with a new release. This is mainly a clean-up release, with bug fixes and one or two nice little new "features":

- sDom when using with jQuery UI theming has been tidied up. There is now an H and F macro which is short hand for the full class string required for jQuery UI theming.

- When using server-side processing, you can now see bSortable_{i} and bSearchable_{i} for each column, to see what columns the client-side think are sortable / searchable.

Others are detailed in the full release notes:
http://datatables.net/download

You can download DataTables 1.5.5 here:
http://datatables.net/releases/dataTables-1.5.5.zip

Also, thanks to those who have made a donation! Supporting DataTables, development and keeping the server-up and running can add up, so please do remember to make a donation: http://datatables.net/donate

Enjoy!

Regards,
Allan

DataTables 1.5.2 released - ThemeRoller support

allan — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 10:30:44 +0100

Hello all,

I'm very pleased to be able to released DataTables 1.5.2, now with full support for jQuery UI's ThemeRoller! :-) There are a couple of bug fixes in there as well, which will solve a few niggling problems some of you have encountered.

You can see an example of the ThemeRoller integration in action here: http://datatables.net/styling/themes . Special thanks go to Brian (bchic869) and Tom (TomC) for their work in getting this kick started. Enabling ThemeRoller support is done through the bJQueryUI ( http://datatables.net/usage/features#bJQueryUI ) initialisation parameter, which is required in order to preserve backwards compatibility for styles which have already been applied to DataTables.

You can download DataTables 1.5.2 here:
http://datatables.net/releases/dataTables-1.5.2.zip

Full release notes:
http://datatables.net/download

Also, please remember to make a donation to help support DataTables for future releases and support in this forum :-) :
http://datatables.net/donate

Enjoy!

Regards,
Allan

DataTables 1.5.4 released

allan — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 19:52:33 +0000

Hello all,

It's only been a week since 1.5.3 was released, but it's now time for 1.5.4 :-). While the last release focused on bug fixing, this release focuses on making DataTables even more flexible. Specifically:

- A new sorting API has been added (and fully documented: http://datatables.net/development/sorting ) which can be used for performing sorting on information which required live DOM interaction (for example form elements). Example:
http://datatables.net/examples/api/dom_sort.html

- Two 'flags' have been added to the settings object (bSorted and bFiltered) which can be used in fnDrawCallback() to perform any required actions. For example this is useful in maintaining a column of static indexes:
http://datatables.net/examples/api/counter_column.html

Others are detailed in the full release notes:
http://datatables.net/download

You can download DataTables 1.5.4 here:
http://datatables.net/releases/dataTables-1.5.4.zip

Finally for now, please remember to make a donation for the continued support and development of DataTables:
http://datatables.net/donate

Enjoy!

Regards,
Allan

FixedHeaders v1.0.0 - "Freeze" the column titles at the top of the table

allan — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 22:56:30 +0100

Hello all,

This is a feature which has been requested a surprising number of times recently, so I've put together an add-on script for DataTables which will "freeze" the column headers at the top of the table - i.e. even when the user scrolls down the table, the column titles will be shown floating at the top of the page.

You can see an example and how to initialise the add-on here:
http://datatables.net/release-datatables/extras/FixedHeader/

This will be included in the next DataTables release, but for now you can get the source from here:
http://datatables.net/release-datatables/extras/FixedHeader/FixedHeader.js

Performance seems to be quite good, particularly on Webkit based browsers, where it is exceptionally smooth - in Firefox and IE the redraw can be seen in brief flashes, but it's probably about as good as it will get without using position:fixed or something like that (which would bring with it, it's own set of problems).

All comments and suggestions are most welcome.

Regards,
Allan

How to split record across multiple rows

doug_hale_jr — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:51:56 +0100

Hi all. I have records that contain a "notes" field. I want all of the fields except the notes field to appear on one row and I want the notes to show up on a second row. The notes field does not require a header. I have looked at the examples but could not figure out how to achieve my goal from them.

Thank you for any help that can be provided.
Doug

DataTables 1.5.1 released

allan — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 12:30:17 +0100

Hello all,

Now that the dust has settled from the 1.5.0 release and there has been time for to it be "bashed around" a bit, a number of bugs have come to light. These have been addressed in this new 1.5.1 release which focuses solely on stabilisation.

You can download DataTables 1.5.1 here:
http://datatables.net/releases/dataTables-1.5.1.zip

Full release notes:
http://datatables.net/download

Also, please make a donation to help support DataTables for future releases and support in this forum :-) :
http://datatables.net/donate

Enjoy!

Regards,
Allan

DataTables 1.5.0 released!

allan — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 21:50:02 +0100

Hello all,

It is with great pleasure that I release DataTables 1.5.0. It's been a long journey since 1.4.3, with 11 beta versions of 1.5 releases, a load of new features implemented, plenty of bugs fixed and a ton of interesting discussions about future enhancements for DataTables and support questions along the way. As a quick summary of what is new in 1.5 over 1.4:

- Server-side processing for handing of the processing of large data sets to a database. Also allows for Gear and AIR database support.
- New plug-in support for custom filtering
- Unit test framework with 1'300+ tests
- Full support for Adobe AIR
- Many new examples show casing the power of DataTables

You might also notice that the web-site has been updated with a lot of new information, the documentation has been brought into line with 1.5 and the new features highlighted. The documentation has been restructured to help make it more accessible, and I've also added a number of new plug-ins which you might find it fun to play with (the new pagination plug-ins are good fun).

You can download DataTables 1.5.0 here:
http://datatables.net/releases/dataTables-1.5.zip

Full release notes:
http://datatables.net/download

And please, if you can, make a donation to help support DataTables for future releases and support in this forum:
http://datatables.net/donate

Enjoy!

Regards,
Allan

DataTables 1.5 beta 10 released

allan — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 08:47:58 +0100

Hello all,

I'm very pleased to announce the release of DataTables 1.5 beta 10. This release includes a number of tidy ups and fixes based on my work with the DataTables unit test frame work (it's showing up a couple of cracking bugs, which is exactly what it is for - so good news there!).

One of the main benefits in this release is speed. In DOM processing you should see a small speed improvement, but the main gains comes when you are using server-side processing and large data sets. My server-side example code has been updates to be significantly faster, particularly with large data sets.

You can download it here:
http://datatables.net/releases/dataTables-1.5.beta.10.zip

Full release notes:
http://datatables.net/download

Looking forward, the unit tests are coming along nicely at the moment, and I'm hoping to be able to call something very close to this release 1.5 final soon.

Enjoy!
Allan

DataTables 1.5 beta 9 released

allan — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 16:37:04 +0100

Hello all,

I'm pleased to release a new beta for the 1.5 series, DataTables 1.5 beta 9. This release focuses mainly on expanding the API options that are available for developers such as yourselves, and represents a step towards how I see DataTables evolving in future (1.6 would see these ideas implemented).

You can download it here:
http://datatables.net/releases/dataTables-1.5.beta.9.zip

Full release notes:
http://datatables.net/download

Enjoy :-)
Allan

DataTables 1.5 beta 8 released

allan — Tue, 26 May 2009 18:59:10 +0100

Hello all,

I'm pleased to release DataTables 1.5 beta 8. This is basically a tidy up release for DataTables and includes a number of little bug fixes, and some improved flexibility in the API.

You can download it here:
http://datatables.net/releases/dataTables-1.5.beta.8.zip

Full release notes:
http://datatables.net/download

Progress is being made on 1.5 final (albeit slowly), with the unit tests still the only real barrier to making the release. Just need a few more hours in each day to finish writing them :-)

Please remember, if you are finding DataTables useful, particularly for a commercial project, please consider making a donation. It needn't be a "small yacht" type donation (although you would hear no complaints ;-) ), just a little something to say thanks and help pay the bandwidth bill would be very welcome.

Enjoy 1.5 beta 8.

Regards,
Allan

DataTables 1.5 beta 7

allan — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 20:19:03 +0100

Hello all,

I'm pleased to released DataTables 1.5 beta 7, as the next incremental release towards 1.5 final. This is mainly a maintenance release for small bug fixes in the beta serial, but there is one new feature - you can not predefine filtering options through the use of oSearch and aoSearchCols as initialisation parameters (these objects are the same as the ones DataTables uses internally).

You can download it here:
http://datatables.net/releases/dataTables-1.5.beta.7.zip

Full release notes:
http://datatables.net/download

Meanwhile progress is still being made on the unit testing framework work and a couple of other add-ons for DataTables that I've been working on. The goal is still to complete the unit testing before 1.5 is released (I've already caught a few little nasties with it).

Finally for now, please consider making a donation if you are enjoying using DataTables:
http://datatables.net/donate :-)

Regards,
Allan